Bottom-up synthesis of high surface area mesoporous crystalline silicon and evaluation of its hydrogen evolution performance

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Dai, Fang ^a   Zai, Jiantao ^a   Yi, Ran ^a   Gordin, Mikhail L ^a   Sohn, Hiesang ^a   Chen, Shuru ^a   Wang, Donghai ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM ION; MESOPOROUS CRYSTALLINE SILICON; NANOCRYSTAL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; REDUCING AGENT; SILICON DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CRYSTALLINITY; HYDROGEN; LITHIUM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTODEGRADATION; SILICON;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; DESORPTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; HEAT TREATMENT; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HYSTERESIS; ISOTHERM; OPTOELECTRONICS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84906092102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4605     Document Type: Article

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